Special releases

▪ “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” – Steven Spielberg’s 1977 science fiction classic is back in domestic theaters for a one-week run to celebrate the film’s 40th anniversary with a special 4K restoration of the director’s cut, which stars Richard Dreyfuss as a man on a mission after a brush with a UFO. This is one of my favorite movies of all time and sparked my obsession with mashed potatoes. Really.

▪ “Inhumans” – Wichita’s Warren IMAX will join 1,000 other IMAX theaters around the world to show the first two episodes of Marvel’s new ABC series “Inhumans” – two weeks before it hits TV. The first two episodes were shot using digital large-format IMAX cameras. The series will follow an isolated community of superhumans fighting to protect themselves. Expect to see more of this IMAX-TV crossover if this marketing stunt is a hit – and it should be.

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▪ “Hazlo Como Hombre” – This Spanish-language comedy (with English subtitles) follows a man who is about to marry his best friend’s sister – until he tells both of them that he is gay. (Awk-werrrrd!) His distraught fiancee struggles to process the news while his alpha-male buddy refuses to believe it’s true.